'Languidly' definitions:
Definition of 'languidly'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a languid and lethargic manner; "the men languidly put on their jackets"
Definition of 'Languidly'
From: GCIDE
- Languid \Lan"guid\, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " --Armstrong. [1913 Webster]
- Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid." --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. [1913 Webster]
- Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
- Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid airs. --W. Black.
- Syn: Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- {Lan"guid*ly}, adv. -- {Lan"guid*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]